How to pronounce “andrei sokolov” in English

And there was another important event. Another important event is the letter -- Andrei Sokolov.Andrei Sokolov who at the time became a great friend, my great leader, I would say my great rabbi but he was not Jewish so he could not be rabbi.But-but that is, that was scientist number one of the Soviet Union. There was nobody even close to him. He was the father of hydrogen bomb; he was the great, made great discoveries